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Background
Condominium is a building built in an environment which is divided into parts that are functionally structured horizontally and vertically and consisting of units that can be owned individually and can be used separately, particularly for residence, which is completed with common equipment, common facility, and common land. In the condominium, there are private property managed by the owner himself and the common rights which should be used and managed together because it involves the common interest. Utilization and management of condominium and its environment should be arranged and conducted by the tenant association. There are some regulations on the tenant association, such as Law Number 16 of 1985 on Condominium (“Law 16/85”), Government Regulation Number 4 of 1988 on Condominium (“GR 4/88”), and Decree of State Minister of Public Housing Affairs Number 06/KPTS/BKP4N/1995 on Guidance on Making Deed of Establishment and Article of Association of Tenant Association of Condominium (“Decree”).
Tenant Association
According to Article 1 of Law 16/85, tenant association is an association which consists of tenants as its member. Article 19 of Law 16/85 states that tenants of condominium shall establish a tenant association, having the main task to regulate manage, and also to guarantee order, principle of mutual aid, and harmony based on the Indonesian personality, in order to manage the common equipment, common facility, and common land.
Tenant association, by the Law 16/85, is given the status as a legal entity with the deed of establishment and articles of association, therefore, the tenant association may act in and out on behalf of the owner, and with its authority, the tenant association shall realize the comfortability of the environment of the condominium in order. Establishment of tenant association should be executed with a deed that is legalized by Regent, Mayor Head of Region II, and especially in Jakarta, shall be legalized by the Governor Head of Special Capital City Region of Jakarta
Establishment Meeting
Refer to the Decree, it is stated that in the establishment of tenant association, firstly, the owner and/or tenant of condominium shall convene the meeting of establishment of tenant association (“Meeting”), and the result of such Meeting shall be stated in the minutes of Meeting. In the Meeting, it shall appoint some of the member/participant of the Meeting, and such member/participant shall be given the power of attorney to appear before the Notary to make all of the statements as the result of the Meeting. Furthermore, in the Meeting, without prejudice to the permission of the authorities, shall decide and arrange the article of association of the tenant association in accordance with the Decree.
On the tenant association, its membership was chosen based on the family principle by and for the member of tenant association through the general meeting of tenant association which held especially for that necessity, provided that the board of tenant association at least shall consist of a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, and a management supervisor.
The person who can be the member of the tenant association is a legal subject who has, or use, or rent, or lease or utilize unit of condominium concerned, having status as a tenant. Establishment of tenant association is very important, because it has a main task and authority to manage and maintain the environment of the condominium, and arrange the regulation on tenancy rules. Membership of tenant association is based on the reality of occupancy, means that the person who can be a member of the tenant association are those who actually inhabit or occupy the unit of the condominium either on the basis of ownership or other legal relation. If the owner has not yet occupied, use or utilize the unit of condominium, thus, the developer becomes a member of the tenant association. If the developer of condominium is has not yet sold the entire of the units of the condominium, the developer shall act as a member of the tenant association.
Isrilitha Pratami Puteri
Background
Construction service is one of the activities in the field of economy, social and culture which has important role in the achievement of various objectives to support the realization of the national development goals. Therefore, the implementation of construction services needs to be regulated to carry out the orderly of the construction work. Construction services are stipulated under the Law Number 18 of 1999 on Construction Services (“Law No. 18/1999”) and Government Regulation Number 29 of 2000 on Implementation of Construction Services (“PP No. 29/2000”) jo. Government Regulation Number 59 of 2010 on Amendment of PP No. 29/2000 (“PP No. 59/2010”).
In a construction work, there are 2 (two) parties that are involved , namely the service user and the service provider. The service user and service provider are bound in a working relation of construction services, provided that such working relation is set out in a construction work contract.
Construction Work Contract
Based on Article 1 of Law 18/1999, construction work contract is the overall document regulating legal relationship between the service user and the service provider to implement the construction work. Basically, the construction work contract is made separately according to the stages in the construction work, which consists of the construction work contract for the construction work planning, construction work performance, and construction work supervision.
Referring to Article 23 paragraph (6) of PP No. 29/200, the construction work contract is subject to the applicable law in Indonesia. The construction work contract is made in Indonesian language. In the event that the construction work contract with foreign parties, it could be made in Indonesia language and English language (dual language).
According to PP No. 29/2000, construction work contract is divided by:
forms of compensation, which consists of a lump sum, unit price, additional fee to the services, the combination of lump sum and unit price, or alliances;
period of the construction work, which consists of a single year, or multi-year;
terms of payment for the works, in accordance with the progress of the work, or at regular intervals.
As a minimum, a construction work contract shall include description on:
the parties, clearly stipulating their identities;
work description, clearly stipulating in detail of the work’s scope, work’s value, and performance period;
coverage and/or maintenance period, stipulating the provision of the period of coverage and/or maintenance which is the responsibility of the service provider;
experts, stipulating the provision of number, qualification, and classification of experts to perform the construction work;
rights and obligations, which is stipulating the provision of the rights of the service user to receive the results of the construction work and its obligation to comply with the agreed provisions, and also the rights of the service provider to get information and compensation, and its obligations to perform the construction work;
terms of payment, stipulating the provision of service user’s obligation in carrying out the payments for the results of construction work;
default, stipulating the provisions of responsibilities in the event either party fails to carry out its obligations as agreed upon;
dispute settlement, stipulating the provisions of the procedure of the settlement of dispute due to disagreements;
termination of construction work contract, stipulating the provisions of the termination of construction work contract, caused by the inability of either party to perform its obligations;
force majeure, stipulating the provisions of the circumstances arising beyond the intent or capability of the parties, which is inflicting losses to either party;
construction failure, stipulating the provisions of the obligations of the service provider and/or service user on the failure of a construction;
workers protection, stipulating the provisions of the parties’ obligations in the safety, occupational well-being, and social security;
environmental aspect, stipulating the provisions of the parties’ obligations to comply with the applicable environmental law.
Construction work contract also shall contain provisions on intellectual property right, which includes:
ownership of the planning result, based on the agreement, and
fulfillment of the obligations of the copyright on the planning result that has been owned by its holders and patent rights that has been owned by its holders, in accordance with the laws on copyright and the laws on patent.
Construction work contract may also contain the parties’ agreement on incentives, provided that the incentives may be in monetary form or other forms. Incentive is the award that is given to the service provider for his achievements, among others, the ability to finish the works earlier compared to the agreed period, while maintaining the quality as required as set out in the construction work contract.
Isrilitha Pratami Puteri